The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-23
BILL NYE AS A Fox-HUNTER.
rhs Delights OF Fox Chasing In q
! New Country.

New York World. and with the gentle
fall Of the autumn leaf and the sough
Of the scented breezes about the gnarl-
ed and naked limbs of the wailing trees,
the huntsman comes with his bark and
bis ha'loo and hur rah boys, the swift
rush OF the chas @, the thrilling seam
per cross country. the mad dash
through the Long Islanders umpkin
patch--aso the mad DASH dash, dash
Of tho farmer the low moan of the dis
abled and frozen-toed hen as the whoop-
ing horsemen run her down; the wild
shrek of the children. the low melan-
cholv wall of the frightened shoat as
he fees away to the strawpile. the
,qulck yet muiiled PUNK Of the frozen
tomato and the dull scrunch of the seed
cucumber.
A!l--al indicate that our great ma
vtonal autumn sport. the sport which
has for years characterized us as a ma
lion and been initiated TO some extent
in England and our other colonies, is
here
The huntsman now takes the fannels
off his fox, rubs his stflened limbs with
gargling oil ties bunch Of firecrack-
.rs to his tail and runs him around the
barn few times to see if he is in good
order.
The foxhound is cross of the blood
hound, the greyhound, the bulldog and
The chump. When you step on his tail
be is said to be in full cry. The fox
hound obtains from his ancestors on
the bloodhound side of the house his
Keen scent which enables him while
In full cry cross country to pause
and hunt for chipmunks. He also OBJ
aims from the bloodhound branch of
is family wild yearning to star in an
"Uncle Tom company, and watch
little Eva meander up the flume at 50
per week. From the greyhound he gets
his most miraculous speed, which en-
abes him TO attain rate of velocity
\ 10 great that he is unable to pause dur
ling the excitement of the chase. fire.
1uently running so far during the day
That it takes him week to get back,
when, of course, all interest has died
out. From the bulldog the foxhound
obtains his great tenacity of purpose,
his deep-seated convictions, his quick
perceptions his love of home and his
clinging nature. From the chump
The foxhound gets his high intellect
uality and that mental power which
enables him to distinguish almost
at glance the salient points or differ
snce between two-year-old steer and
atwo dollar till.
The foxhound is about two feet in
height, and 120 of them would be con-
.;In,nI ,l,a, fn,. nj
little fox hunt. Some hunters think
this number inadequate. but unless
the fox be unusually skittish and crawl
under the barn 120 fox hounds ought to
be enough. The trouble generally Is
that hunters make too much noise, thus
soaring the fox so that he tries to get
away from them. This necessitates
hard riding and great activity on the
part of the whippers-in. Frightening
fox almost always results in sending
him out of the road and compelling
horsemen to stop in order to take down
panel of fence every little while that
they may follow the animal. and before
you can get the fence put up again the
owner is ON the ground, and after you
make change with him and mounted
again the fox may be nine miles away.
Try by all means to keep your fox in
the road!
1t makes a great difference what
kind of fox you use, however l once
had a fox on my Pumpkin Butte estates
that lasted me three years, and never
knew him to shy or turn out OF the
road for anything but loaded team.
He was the best fox for hunting purpo-
ses that ever had. Every spring |
would sprinkle him with Scotch snuff
put him away in the bureau till fall.
He would then come out bright and
clipper. He was always ready TO enter
into the chase with all the chic and EN-
bonpoint of regular Kenasha, and
nothing pleased him better than to be
about eight miles in advance of my
thoroughbred pack at full cry. scamp
erlng cross the country, while stretch
ing back a few miles behind the dogs
followed pale Young man and his Il
nanceer, each riding horse that had
sat down too hard on its tail at some
time and driven it in to his system
about six joints.
Some hunters, who are madly aud
passion ately devoted TO the sport, leap
their horses over fences, moats, dom
! jon keeps, hedges and currant bushes
with utter sang froid and the wild un-
fettered toot ongsomble of brass
band. II Is one OF the most spirited
and touchful of sights to see young
fox-hunter going home through the
cleaning with full cry in one hand
and his pancreas in the other.
Some like to be in ut the death. as it